6 January 1943 at 313 Valence Avenue, Dagenham, London[registered in
Romford, Essex, March 1943], to Fred & Myrtle,
grew up in Bonham Road, five doors down from
Ken Brown,
and across the road from the footballing clan, the Allen's. He attended Valence and Lymington Schools.

Married

twice, firstly
to Christine McCann on 4 April 1966 at St Cedd's Church, London[registered as Terrance, in West Ham, Essex, June 1966],
secondly to Yvette S. Bazire [registered in Kensington & Chelsea, December 1991].

Height/Weight

5'
8¼", 11st.
8lbs [1965].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com

Written under the
pseudonym P.B. Yuill, alongside Gordon Williams. Venables' wrote the
Hazell series from 1973-76, soon to be made for television ITV series.

Club Career

Club(s)

Began with
Dagenham Schools before joining Chelsea FC as an amateur in July 1958,
turning professional in August 1960. Played 202 league matches,
scoring 26 goals, before joining Tottenham Hotspur FC in May 1966
for 80,000 pounds, scoring nineteen times in 115 league matches.
Joined Queen's Park Rangers FC for 70,000 pounds in June 1969, he
played 179 league appearances, scoring another nineteen times.
Onto Crystal Palace FC in September 1974 in a player-swap deal, where he
played fourteen league matches. QPR attempted to re-buy
Venables in November 1974 after missing his worth. Palace manager Malcolm
Allison called time on Venable's playing career on 1 January 1975.

Club honours

Football
League Cup winners 1964-65; FA Cup
winners 1966-67; Football League Division Two
runners-up 1972-73;

Individual honours

Football
League (one appearance)

Distinctions

None

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

Management Career

Club(s)

Started as coach
at Crystal Palace FC at the beginning of 1975 and becoming the club's
manager in June 1976. Venables was hot
property and a wanted man. Arsenal FC attempted to lure him at the time
too in the summer of '76, and Chelsea FC too, a year later. Venables was involved in
the England U21 set-up under Ron Greenwood in January 1978, when he became
Dave Sexton's coach. Birmingham City FC attempted to replace
Alf Ramsey with Venables, Jimmy Armfield wanted him as his assistant at
Leeds United AFC and the Australian national team wanted him, all in 1978.
In December 1979, a one million pound four-year contract to coach the New York Cosmos
was not enough to entice Venables away from England. Venables remained
loyal to Palace, but Palace were not loyal to him, so he left to take over
as Queen's Park Rangers manager on 14 October 1980 and soon he became its
second largest shareholder in November 1981. In the 1983 summer, Arsenal
FC wanted him again, as did Tottenham Hotspur FC. He did however join
Barcelona FC in May 1984 until his dismissal in September 1987, returning
to Tottenham Hotspur FC as manager on 23 November 1987,
becoming its Chief Executive in July 1991, where he remained until his
acrimonious split in June 1993.
Appointed England team coach 28 January 1994 under a contract expiring at
the conclusion of the European Championship 1996 final tournament;
Venables had decided at the Euro 96 draw in December 1995, that he would
not be seeking to renew his contract the following summer. Took
over as the national coach of Australia in November 1996, and at the same
time the Chairman of Portsmouth FC. He left Australia in 1997 after
failure to reach the World Cup 1998 Finals, and soon left Portsmouth too.
In March 1998, he returned to Crystal Palace FC as a manager, but it
promised to be a false dawn for the club as he left the following January.
Venables' remained out of work until December 2000, when he became Bryan
Robson's assistant at Middlesbrough FC to help stave them from relegation.
They both left the club on 12 June 2001. Another year away from the
game and he returned to manger Leeds United AFC from 8 July 2002 until his
sacking on 21 March 2003. Returned to the England set-up in August
2006 as McClaren's assistant, and left at the time of McClaren's sacking.

The only
player to represent England at all levels. Could easily have played
for the Wales team, through the birth of his mother.

Beyond England

Held various business interest,
some successful, some not. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.

Terry Venables - Career Statistics

Squads

Apps

Comp.
Apps

Starts

Sub on

Sub off

Mins.

Goals

Goals
Av.min

Comp.
Goals

Capt.

Disc.

-

2

0

2

0

0

120

0

0
min

0

none

none

Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation.

Terry Venables - Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match - By Colour of Shirt

Alf Ramsey named his provisional list of forty players on April 7. He
then named a provisional squad of 28 on 6 May to attend Lilleshall.
Terry Venables was one of the twelve cut, but asked to remain on
standby.